The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) 43rd Anniversary Gala Weekend will be held October 12-14, 2018, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.  The weekend kicks off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the NIAF Museum at NIAF’s headquarters, which features historical art and artifacts and digital presentations providin...

Italia super star alla National Gallery of art (Nga) di Washington, con cinque delle prossime 11 mostre in calendario: ben tre dedicate contemporaneamente a Tintoretto, per il 500/mo anniversario della nascita nel 2019, una su Andrea del Verrocchio ed un'altra sull'incisione a chiaroscuro nel Rinascimento italiano. "Sono convinto che sara' un anno...

"Longevity: the Impact of Research, Economics, AI and Robotics to live longer, Better Lives" sarà il focus principale dell’edizione 2018 dell’annuale gala dell’ISSNAF - Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation.  L’evento celebra quest’anno il suo 10 anniversario e avrà luogo il 22 e 23 ottobre, come di consueto, presso l’Ambascia...

On the occasion of the “18th Week of the Italian Language in the World”, the Embassy of Italy is pleased to announce a Video Contest for students of the Italian language in the United States. Each year, the Week has a different underlying theme for a vast cultural program to advance the promotion of the Italian language This year, the theme is “L’I...

Amazing Grape is a traveling journey that through the modern documentary language investigates the commercial impact of the Italian wine in the eastern coast of the United States of America. What is the condition of Italian imports in the US? We will start from a simple question to dig into the deeper analysis of the big market of wines that every...

Sunday September 23 from 1PM to 4 PM EDT. Carmine's Italian Restaurant - 425 7th St NW, Washington DC 20004. Organized by The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington D.C. Area. Buy tickets at www.abruzzomoliseheritagesociety.org. Please join us for a presentation by AMHS member Maria D’Andrea-Yothers on the transumanza and traturri, a...

Filmed between Italy and the United States, Ferrante Fever is born from the same passion that devours the readers of Elena Ferrante. But the film doesn’t necessarily go in search of the identity of the “faceless writer,” whose novels have sold more than five million copies worldwide. The film is not looking to uncover the truth behind the pseudonym...

Italy is synonymous with history. We visit Rome and Naples and see remnants of an ancient civilization. But Italy has a modern side too, that comprises of some exceptional contemporary artists that art lovers should have on their radar. On the occasion of the International Day of Italian Contemporary Art, promoted by AMACI, the Embassy of Italy and...

Every year in Easton, a dozen men from the Religious Society of San Placido hoist a statue of St. Anthony onto a float festooned with flowers — altogether weighing about 1,000 pounds — and take a 3-mile trek around the city’s South Side. Every year it gets a little harder as society members age, leaving fewer men capable of parading their patron sa...

Mill Creek Residential, a leading multifamily investor and operator specializing in premier apartment communities across the U.S., today announced the start of preleasing at Modera Sedici, a luxury apartment community located on the esteemed grounds of the former Italian Embassy. Situated along venerable 16th Street in the nation's capital, the com...